Peter Lang Inc International Academic Publishers imprint: 795 books
D.I.V.A. Diaries
The Road to the Ph.D. and Stories of Black Women Who Have Endured
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The Distinguished, Intellectual, Virtuous, Academic Sistas (D.I.V.A.S.) is a group of Black women who formed a bond with one another as doctoral students as a means of support on their journey through the academy. The acronym defines the women individually and as an entire group. This anthology can...
by Zacharie Leclair
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
This book presents a study of the career of Charles R. Crane, a central player in President Woodrow Wilson’s entourage. In the wake of the U.S. intervention in the Great War, Crane participated in important diplomatic and fact-finding missions. Leclair follows Crane through revolutionary Russia...
Journalists and Media Accountability
An International Study of News People in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Media accountability is back on the political agenda. Debates about the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World have shown that the need for free and responsible journalism is more pressing than ever. Opinions, however, differ on the measures that need to be taken. Do existing...
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Homeland and Civil Security
A Research-Based Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This uniquely composed textbook provides a cross-disciplinary introduction to the field of homeland and civil security. It unites U.S. and international scholars and practitioners in addressing both foundational topics and risk- informed priorities in fostering secure societies. The book examines...
A Promising Reality
Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States about Cuba. As part of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education delegation to Cuba...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Since the first book was signed almost ten years ago, the Mediated Youth series has published nearly two dozen volumes, with more in process or production. This milestone provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on how the series has evolved, how it has contributed to the field, and in which direction(s)...
Seven Essays
Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
In Seven Essays: Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film, Abdulla Al-Dabbagh’s unique approach to literary and cultural issues succeeds in casting new light on these subjects, revealing innovative fields of research and investigation. Expressed in his usual lucid and eloquent style, this collection...
Why Love Matters
Values in Governance
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
As our current systems of decision-making are increasingly unable to meet the global challenges of climate change, resource depletion, poverty, healthcare, economic instability and global violence, the contributors in this book make a radical proposal for an innovative form of governance that is based...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
The International Handbook of Progressive Education engages contemporary debates about the purpose of education, presenting diverse ideas developed within a broadly conceived progressive education movement. It calls for a more critical and dynamic conception of education goals as a necessary element...
Volunteering and Communication Volume 2
Studies in International and Intercultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This book won the 2017 NCA Applied Communication Division Distinguished Edited Book Award
The second volume of Volunteering and Communication seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first volume, which demonstrated the breadth of research being conducted on volunteers. The focus...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The promise of this admission policy reader arises from the embodiment of research from 58 authors, six continents, 20 time zones, 20+ first languages, and a broad array of research methodologies. Four sections aggregate key themes within the text:
(1) National Perspectives on Higher Education Admission...
Bangladesh
Political and Literary Reflections on a Divided Country
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Bangladesh is now divided as "our" country and "their" country. This division has been solely created by the critically close to authoritarian and exclusionary Awami regime—belligerent and BNPhobic. This book is a detailed account of the divided Bangladesh, where there has been a near-total suppression...
by Federico Batini, Alessio Surian, Peter Mayo
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
This book sheds light on the work of one of the 20th century’s foremost critical educators, the Italian Lorenzo Milani (1923–1967), on the 90th anniversary of his birth. It provides an exposition and critical analysis of the ideas contained in his writings, ideas that emerged from his experiences...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Greece in British Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913–2013 offers a comprehensive overview of British female writing on Greece in the twentieth century and beyond. Contributors cover a vast array of authors: Rose Macaulay, Jane Ellen Harrison, Virginia Woolf, Ann Quin, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, Elizabeth...